FKIE_CVE-2008-3889
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-12 16:56 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:56
Severity
Summary
Postfix 2.4 before 2.4.9, 2.5 before 2.5.5, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080902, when used with the Linux 2.6 kernel, leaks epoll file descriptors during execution of "non-Postfix" commands, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (application slowdown or exit) via a crafted command, as demonstrated by a command in a .forward file.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.0 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.1 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.2 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.3 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.4 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.5 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.6 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.7 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.4.8 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.5.1 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.5.2 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.5.3 | |
| postfix | postfix | 2.6 |
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